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fetter Farming
COOPERATION FOR
TO REAL SUCCESS
State Market Director Wei n stock
. Tells of Work of the California
1
' Market Commission.
BASIS COST OF PRODUCTION
Says Oregon Can Also Secure
Wide Markets if Producers of
State Will Similarly Organize.
By Colosel Harris Welsetoek,
at Market Director of California
(Written F.iprwly lor The Jnnrnal)
Til need wu keenly felt In normal
times, mora especially on the part of
the farm producer, for establishing; con
anions which would make it more
nearly poaalble for the fanner to market
Ma corps under a system that would
eliminate waste In the cost of distribu
tion, stabilise prices, give the producer
a voice In determining: the value of his
product, and broaden his market. World
experience has shown that these ob
jectives cpuld be accomplished only
through organized effort on the part of
farmers. The need of achieving; all
these ends has become emphasised by
the critical conditions brought about by
the world war in which, this nation Is
taking so active and effective a part
The federal and state authorities
have pointed out that tho war would
largely.be won by food. This has been
further emphasised by the secretary of
agriculture or ureat Britain wno in a
.recent interview, among other things,
said that the American farmer Is today
.the moat Important man In the World ;
that the battlefield of Europe Is In very
. truth the food producing fields of
America ; that the food production At
. France, of Russia, of, Canada, of fflxo
Scandinavian countries, of Italy.has
been eertously diminished and thajriC"ls
only to the American farmer tharororld
. democracy can look to b javfi, and
thatfce American ' farmer in turn la
due to increased demand for foodstuffs
because of the appalling world deficit
of foodstuffs, and to the fewer hands
now available to cultivate our pro
ductive fields.
Mmt Make a Living
The world's experience has shown that
there is no better way of keeping the
. food producer than to make It possible
for him to make a living at so doing;;
and that in order to make, a living; it
Is of the highest Importance that his
marketing shall be done scientifically in
order that he may be enabled to secure
the largest possible share of the con
sumer's dollar. As hereinbefore pointed
out, this can be done only by organiza
tion. ,
The,", federal . government has been
keenly alive to the necessity and to the
Importance of furnishing leadership to
NOTHING OOI Ndl
Hundreds of farmer are en
joying (?) this experience in
the cold weather. Pump froz
: en up, platform covered with
i ice, bad fall, a poor way to
start a day. Water so cold
when you do get it that it
makes all your teeth ache and
; and spoils the digestion of
i your cattle.
Water System
Changes this condition forthwith.
Pots running water where yon want
It Oet np on a cold morning, start a
fire and yon soon have warm water,
draw a glass from the faucet and yon
. find it Just the right temperature.
Yon like it your wife likes it Year
cattle thrive on It and yon and the
. boys go to work whistling, instead of
. Broaching. Write today for a copy of
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COLONEL WEINSTOCK
WRITES FOR JOURNAL
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Photo by Fraaer. Baa Franciaco.
Colonel Harris Weinstock, authority
on cooperative marketing of farm
products. State market director of
California and organizer of famous
cooperative marketing associations
of California.
the farmers In order to organize them
effectively for marketing purposes and
In providing; for such leadership, it has
rendered the farmers of the nation, and
the nation itself, splendid service along
these lines.
One of the most recent efforts in -this
direction on the part of the federal
bureau of markets was its activity in
organizing into an interstate coopera
tive marketing association the honey
producers in the states of Colorado,
Wyoming-. Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Wash
ington, Western Nebraska, Western
Kansas and Montana. '
The example which has been set by
the federal government has, in my opln
ion, been wisely followed by the State
of California! in the creation of a state
market commission and .in the enact
ment of a law which, among other
things, provides that the state market
director shall "promote, assist and en
courage the organisation and operation
of cooperative marketing associations,'
and shall "endeavor to Improve, broaden
and extend in every practicable way the
distribution and sale of any such Call
fornla products throughout the mar
kets of the world."
State Leadership TTeeessary
The farmer is slow to organise. What
he most needs is leadership. The state
of California in common with the fed
eral government, is furnishing Buch
leadership to the farmers in their ef
forts to organize themselves along mod
ern and scientific fines for the market
Ing of their crops, thus enabling them
better to standardize grades, ship in
carload lota With the fullest marketing
information, and to broaden markets
through intelligent publicity. In my
opinion there is no other one thing that
the state of California can do at any
time, and more especially at this critl
cal time, than to aid the food producer
to keep on producing. The experience
in California as well as elsewhere has
shown that, as a rule, where farmers
have been properly organized into mar
keting associations. It has stabilized
conditions, eliminated marketing evils,
broadened markets and added to the
prosperity and well-being of the farm
producer. These things have all been
of benefit as well to the consumer. In
the interest of the consumer it is of
the highest importance that the food
producer shall be kept producing. It
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AGRICULTURAL
GOOD SEED IS MOST
ICAL IN LONG
SAYS EXPERT
Loss From Planting Poor Seed,
He Asserts, Is Within Con
trol of Farmer.
The seed cost per acre of planting
good seed Is less than the seed cost of
planting poor seed.
Standard quality of red clover has
purity test of 95 per cent and a germin
ation teat of 75 per cent, making the
planting lvalue (.95 x .75) 71.2 per cent.
At the rate of 12 pounds an acre the
cost of the seed Is 93.60. The planting
value of poor seed with a purity of
to per cent and a perminatlon power of
su per cent Is (.80 "x .0) 64 per cent
It will then take 18 pounds an acre.
making the seed cost S5.40 50 ser cent
higher.
"This difference in cost is slight in
comparison with the loss of time, labor.
railure to obtain a good crop, and the
introduction of noxious weeds to the
extent that often the production of cer
tain crops is difficult or impossible,'
Says B. F. Sheehan,- instructor of farm
crops at the Oregon Agricultural col
lege.
"Good seed Is one of the most im
portant factors in crop production, and
every farmer should know the purity
and germination percentage of his seed
before planting It. The loss from plant
ing poor seed is within the control of
the farmer."
Farmers of Oregon. Washington, and
Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, may get
seed samples tested free at the O. A. C.
seed testing laboratory, Corvallls. A
good handful is enough for the samples
of most seeds. For seed in bags or
bins the sample should represent the
top, middle, and bottom portions.
must be self-evident that in the degree
that the food producer ceases to pro
duce, in that degree must the consumer
either go hungry or pay prohibitive
prices for his food products.
The first step, therefore, in the inter
est of seeking the welfare of the con
sumer is to make it possible for the
food producer to continue as such.
The opponents of producers' organi
sations at times contend that such or
ganisations make -for monopoly and
"sting;" the consumer. These critics
have time and again been challenged to
cite any Instance where producers' or
ganisations have put an unfair burden
on the consumer; but this challenge has
never been accepted.
The aim of such producers' organisa
tions Is to secure for the producer the
cost of production, plus a living profit.
Unless these results can be achieved,
the tendency inevitably must be for
diminished production and increased
prices to consider. As a'h evidence
of the spirit of producers organizations,
and the fact that they have no thought
and no desire to exploit the. public, at
tention ia cayed to the fact that al
though under the Clayton act they are
exempt : from the Sherman anti-trust
laws, the, producers' organizations In
California, with which as state market
director, ! I have had relations, have
which make it legally impossible for
them to profiteer or to exploit the pub
lic even if they were Inclined to do so.
California is rapidly becoming one of
the greatest food producing states in
America.! Its possibilities in this dlrec
tion are nevertheless still In their- In
fancy. Oregon also possesses limitless
possibilities. It has been pointed Out
that there remains millions of acres of
uncultivated land which, put under
water as soon as later It will be, will
make it possible to enormously increase
the food production. This, together with
the fact that the federal merchant ma
rlne which will be at the service Qf the
producers In normal times, and the use
of the Panama canal, will open out the
Atlantic seaboard and the world mar
kets for Pacific coast products as would
never otherwise have been possible.
These advantages, combined with or
ganised effort on the part of the farm
ers who collectively will be in a position
to extend and develop export markets,
emphasizes the fact that with proper
guidance 'and direction, the food pro
ducers will be in a position to add tre
mendously to the wealth and to the
prosperity and the well-being of their
commonwealth.
Organization Is Necessary
A farm is & business, and crop yields
are only one part of that business.
Studies in farm management show that
a farm to make money muBt usually, have
a large business, must have good crops
and live stock, and must have these en
terprises so selected and organized on
the farm that the labor will be kept busy
throughout a large part of the year.
While it is Important that a farmer avoid
poor yields, he should not Judge the suc
cess of his farm by its yields alone.
ECONOM
RUN
For Pork Profits
Feed Your Hogs
PIG-A-BOO
DIGESTER
TANKAGE
DEPARTMENT
ZOBTLAlfB POULTRY SHOW
Better pick put your show birds
now. -i
Commence to get them in condi
tion. ,
If the show is held in January the
notice will be short.
There will not be much time to
lose. .
See that their poise is right.
Teach them to "show themselves
off." ,
(The 7mm! pablklxd o Kormnser SO
lut fall information on how to set your
birds la condition for show pmputea-1
NON-LAYING HENS
COST JUST AS MUCH
AS REGULAR LAYERS
Expert Says Chickens Should
Be Selected With Eye lo
Laying Qualities.
Especially written for The Journal bj TJ. L.
t'paoa. Extenaioa Poultry Husbandman of the
United States Department of Agriculture
Observation of the methods of the
most successful poultrymen of Oregon,
and there are many such, lead to the positive-conclusion
that there are two fun
damentals which cannpt be overlooked,
If success is to be attained.
The first requisite for success is good
stock. By good stock we mean stock
that Is bred through successive genera
uons to periorm the function of egg
production. It is not enough that stock
be merely "pure bred." There are many
flocks of "pure bred" stock which are
as worthless, from the egg production
standpoint, as any mongrel flock. What
we should have Is pure-bred stock which
has been bred for egg production. No
particular breed or breeds are especially
recommended, but rather the use of
the best "strains" within the breeds. It
costs no more to maintain such a flock
than it does to maintain a flock of low
producers. It has been estimated, and
very closely, we believe, that a flock
which averages nine dozen eggs per
annum Just about pays for its keep. A
flock which averages 120 eggs per fowl
per aitnum leaves a margin of approx
lmately 40c per fowl, while a flock with
an average production of 180 eggs per
annum, yields a profit of approximately
$40 per fowl. An average of 180
eges per fowl, during the pullet year,
Is entirely within the power of every
poultryman or vumtn to obtain. Why
be satisfied with less?
The second requisite - for success in
poultry-keeping is early hatching. In
the writer's ..visits to poultry plants
throughout the state he has yet to find
a successful poultryman who does hot
hatch early ; nor - an unsuccessful one
that does. By early hatching is meant
oae who hatches in ample time to bring
his pullets into full lay by October 1.
Take as an' example the farm poultry
man or woman who raises 100 pullets. If
not hatched in ample tLr.e to be in full
lay by October 1, it is : probable that
many of them will not begin-laying until
January or February. As a pullet should
and does average 10 eggs per month
during October, November and Decem
ber, it fed and handled right, it means
that the poultryman loses 50c per month
on every bird carried, or $50 per month
on 100 birds. Let us all hatch early
this season, even if we have to purchase
an incubator todo It.
HOW TO BEST PREPARE
TURKEYS FOR MARKET
By C. R. Beckley
The price that country-dressed poul
try will bring in market depends greatly
on how meaty and fat the birds are and
how well they are dressed and packed
for shipment. Poultry, to be shipped to
market, should be carefully selected.
none but the fattest and meatiest birds
feeing chosen. A dressed poor ' bird
never will bring top price. Neither will
a poorly dressed fat bird. It is always
best to dry-pick poultry for shipping.
Scalded stock generally arrives in a
sticky, half-spoiled condition and never
brings as much as dry-picked stock, -it
spoils more quickly.
After selecting the fattest birds, they
Lshould not be fed for 8 or 10 hours be
fore killing, as av dressed bird should
have the crop absolutely empty. Food
in the crop sours, turns black and in
jures the appearance of the- dressed
bird. In dry-picking, the jbird should
be bled in the roof of the ttrouth, then
being hung up so it will bleed well. Be
sure that the blood drains out thorough
ly, as a poorly bled 'bird looks reddish '
either all over or in spots, and this de
preciates its grade and value.
The morning after the day of dress
ing the head of each bird should be
wrapped in paper. This adds to the ap
pearance of the bird and prevents the
blood from staining the body of that
and other birds.
Place at least two shipping tags on
each box or barrel, and be sure to write
your name and postoffice address on
every tag. Very often these tags are
torn off en route and it is difficult to
determine the origin of the shipment.
Now, the following out of the above
Busrgestlons need cost you no extra
money and but very little extra time,
and we know that. If followed, will be
advantageous in getting a better price
for your poultry.
Roots Supply Succulence
The chief function of roots in cattle
feeding is to supply a succulent feed.
Under general farm conditions 'the quan
tity of nutrients grown per acre In root
crops is small In comparison to the cost
of production. These, root crops, how
ever, can be preserved during the win
ter equally well whether large or small
quantities are fed each day, and there
fore have special application when only
a few cows are to be fed. Of the differ
ent root crops, mangel-wurzels furnish
the greatest yield per acre. Other kinds
of beets and turnips and carrots may be
used. Turnips, however, should! be' fed
after milking rather than before, as they
cause a bad flavor in the products Uf
fed Immediately before milking. Car
rots impart a desirable color to the
milk. , ;
x COOPERATION No. 2
It is of paramount interest to the CONSUMER to make it possible for the
PRODUCER to continue producing.
The only way to keep the PRODUCER producing is to make it possible for
him to earn a living.
If the producer is to continue it is necessary that he receive not less than
COST OF PRODUCTION plus a living profit. ,
Unless the nroducer receives a living profit, the incentive will be lost and
he will CEASE to produce. ' .
In the degree that the producer ceases to produce. In that degree must the
consumer inevitably go hungry or pay PROHIBITIVE PRICES for food
products.
Prohibitive prices are often due to decreased supply or to high cost of
distribution. -. . , - - ,
Cooperative marketing eliminates high, cost of distribution, with, a conse
quent lowering in prices to the consumer. ,
Efficient
NORMoT WINS HIGH
HONORS
POULTRY
CONTESTS FOR YEAR
Oregon and Washington Poultry-
men Have High Birds and
4 High Pens in Competition.
The wonderful difference between an
ordinary hen and the bird bred to lay. It
not for feather or show room points, and
the influence such hens may have upon
the future of the poultry industry in the
United States are matters for contemplat
ing brought out by the national egg lay
ins; contests held In this country, closing
October 1.
It is only within a few days that com
plete figures have been available on
these contests. Think of the vast dif
ference between a bird that lays 311 eggs
in a year and one that lays around 80,
making; only the cost of her food and re
turning nothing; profit The heaviest
laying; hen in "the United States for the
year laid. 211 eggs and her product sold
for 111.96,.. at least $9 profit over feed
for the year. But. of course, this hen
was by no means an ordinary creature
she is the only one of the kind for the
year in the United States probably In
the world.
But a post-war improvement in poul
try stock should be expected for the high
price of feed has forced the killing off
of thousands of slacker hens. The de
partment of agriculture, through its ex
tension agency, has encouraged rigid
culling of flocks, taking egg-laying char
acteristics only into consideration not
show points. From the stock that re
mains, therefore, a better quality of lay
ing fclrda should be the heritage of the
future.
Beeords Made on Coast
It is of interest to note that the great
est egg records for the year in poultry
dom. were made on the Pacific coast, by
birds entered in the All-Northwest egg
laying contest at Pullman. Wash. This
contest was originated by Mrs. Helen
Dow Whitaker. formerly head of the
poultry division of Washington State
college, and is now being carried on by
K. v. MitchelL
The highest hen of this contest was
the Leghorn owned by C F. Williams of
Salem, Or. The highest pen of the con
test also was of Leghorns, owned by
Paul B. Towne of Tekoa, Wash. It laid
an average of 252.3 eggs per bird and es
tablished the highest pen record ever
made in the United States. The Individ
ual hen, owned by Williams, is the Bee
ond highest hen for eggs in bird history,
the only one laying more eggs having
been owned in Pennsylvania by A. A.
Christian. She was a Leghorn.
JrydeB Stock Wonderfal
More honors come to the Pacific coast
through the showing made by birds bred
for eggs by James Dryden, head of the
poultry division ' of the Oregon Agri
cultural college at Corvallls. Dryden Is
recognised as the foremost poultry
breeder in the world of egg type he has
no sympathy with a fancy bird that is
not an egg layer and he has proven his
ability by his winnings in contests.
Two pens bred and developed by Dry
den won the honor of being the second
and the fourth best pens in the United
States for the year. One of these pens
of Barred Rocks in the Pullman con
test,! were the second best pen in the
country, averaging less than an egg
below the high pen. The other pen was
of "Oregons" and won the Storrs exper
iment station contest at Storrs, Conn., an
International contest in which the beet
birds from England were entered, and
the oldest in the country.
In the three Important contests
Washington, Connecticut and Missouri
honors for the year were divided be
tween Leghorns.
Sasmary High Birds
A summary of contest results may be
given as follows:
Hi eh Bird
High Pen Av. all birds
Wash. Leg
horn 311 eggs
Leghorn
252.2 eggs
B. Rocks
251.6 eggs
II. I. Whites
238 eggs
"Oregons"
233.2. eggs
Leghorn
234.2 eggs
171.08 eggs
Conn. Wy
andotte . 311 eggs
Mo. Wyan
dotte 286 eggs
158.9 eggs
171.88 eggs
An Aberdeen Angus pure bred steer
brought 82.60 a pound at the Interna
tional Livestock Bhow, Chicago. It was
bought by Wilson & Co., and will be pre
sented to President Polncare of the
French republic to be nsed at the "peace
dinners."
Livestock show prices were not good
as a general rule. There were few
buyers. One lot of pure bred Berkshtres,
the property of T. B. Johnson of La
Grande, went for about 25 per cent of
what they were worth.
m m
Congdon it Battles eay the American
Angus association had a steer which
would probably have been grand cham
pion of the show if it had been possible
to exhibit it. .
ah
We have shipped 986,508 tons of meat
to our allies this year, an increase of
225 per cent over , the three-year pre
war average.
Eight billion pounds of meat products,
prepared and processed, were Inspected
by federal inspectors in 1918. and 17
million pounds were condemned as unfit
for human consumption.
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Golden Glows Chief, the registered
Jersey bull, of which a photograph ap
peared in last week's Journal, was owned
by Pickard Bros, of Marion at the time
of his death. He was bred on the Ladd
Iron Mine Farm, Oswego.
High test for fat production for Octo
ber was Star, a Jersey cow owned by A.
R Forester of Albany. She made 58.88
per cent of fat and 97S pounds of milk.
IIVESTOCK
Marketing
TO IXCBJSASK : FOTJXTKT AJTD
STJFNiY
Every commercial breeder, every
farmer, every backyard poultry
raiser, is urged to keep these alms
steadily in view :
L Keep better poultry. Standard
bred poultry improve the quality and
Increases production.
2. Select healthy, vigorous breeders
to produce strong; chicks.
I. Hatch early to produce fall and
winter layers.
4. Preserve eggs when cheap for
home use.
5. Produce Infertile eggs, except
for hatching..
. Cull the flocks to eliminate un
profitable producers.
7. Keep a small backyard flock to
supply the family table.
t. Grow as much poultry feed as
possible.
9. Eat more poultry and eggs to
conserve the meat supply.
TEST YOUR CLOVER
SED FOR WEEDS IF
IT IS IMPORTED
r
Oregon Crop Short This Year
and Much Seed Must Come
From Outside State.
Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallls,
Dec IS. Imported clover seed, with
which much-of the planting in Oregon
will be done this year, is likely to con
tain dodder or other weed pests and
should be tested for purity and germ
lnation before being sown, explains B.
F. Sheehan of the college farm crops
department.
"Heavy annual losses occasioned by
planting poor seed are within the con
trol of the buyer," he declares. "Many
of our poor stands and weedy fields are
the result of planting poor seed. Farm
ers intending to make February plant
lngs should get samples early and. have
them tested.
"Clover grown In the Takima valley
of Washington is likely to contain some
dodder, one of the worst weeds that
can be Introduced into the farm. Clover
seed containing dodder should be passed
up. The only sure way to determine
its presence is to have the seed tested.
"Much seed sown in Oregon will be
brought in from the Eastern states
which will introduce many noxious
weeds. The farmer can protect 'himself
by having a sample tested.
"A fair sample may be obtained and
sent to the seed testing laboratory of
the Oregon experiment station, Corval
lis. The seed will be tested for purity
and germination, free of charge.
test will give the kind and number of
weed seeds and the percentage of viable
seeds in the sample.
Poultry Breeder
Says Coming Year
Will Be Good One
J. G. Dickson of Spokane, one of the
largest and best known breeders of
Rhode Island reds in the Northwest,
writes the following letter to The Jour
nal. on poultry prospects of the North
west for 1919 season:
"I feel that it should be the best for
many years for the breeder of good
stock ror various reasons.
"First The general trend of all lines
or business Is decidedly upward follow
ing tne uncertain coaoiuons of war
times. This will be reflected as much
in the poultry business as in any other.
had planned buy Pig stock or hatching
eggs last season to introduce improved
blood lines in their flocks delayed do
ing so owing to tne price of feed and
the uncertainty of conditions. They will
all be in the market this-eeason in addi
tion to the regular 1919 buvers.
"Third Many of the newer breeders
who had a really good start toward
Building up hlah-class flocks In tbe At
rerent breeds became dlscourared and
quit tne business. All of those mod!
who have the true fancier's spirit can;
no more oe Kept out of the game than
auck can be keot out of water. Thev
will all be in the market foe new stock.
"Fourth Most of the older breeders
nave decreased the numbers of their
flocks and many of them will reouira
new blood. The price of a-raui and feed
nas decreased quite materially from
year ago and we can look for a further
decrease in feed prices during the com
ing year. Every careful breeder has
culled his flock closer the past two years
man ever oerore so the Quality of eggs
COOPRY SAYSj
, Ht yoe atopptd to think what a tlorioua and bappy ChrWtaaas
this ia for many thouaanda at famUiaa with their tortd ooa
wt returned home, or about to return hem from the war
front, and to know that fiahtina- (at too world's sraataa war
is virtually eerf WhU thinking of thaa joyoua tlmtt. do
not forzet tha tana of thousand of faaUUaa ia this a ad the
alliad countries whe at their Chriatnua dianer will have ao
May vacant chain, chain that will narar be fUiad assls by
the aame boys who want forward and cave their llwj to protect
us and the rest of the ciniized world front Prneuaniant and
tyranny. Abo that are the homeleaa ones la Franoa and
Beldam, hi many tnatancea not a mark left to denote where
their homo waa. Vtt na all be proud of them, for rach appeara
the fate of the ones that Iiht for boneaty. truth sad rlsht.
Bay, will condition ever chance ?
rVaotlcel Tt tart OH AS. OOOPKY A SON RayaJ BuMelnt
Auto Ovners
a party who
4s tunt raoA
saSi.,1- a East 8818
1, :..; ? V- ?.
THE VAUGHAN WSflRS
471 EAST MAIN STREET
Builds and repairs til kinds of mach!neiy,,''
Makes Vaughan's Celebrated DRAG SAWS, Produces
FINE GREY AND SEMI-STEEL CASTINGS
' OUB BrSCXAXTIXS OAS SHGI3TB tJIxnrSBKS, P1STOXS A2T9 VASTS
ALL kULSDS OS COAD WOU
Leonard Schad, Foundry Superintendent. Phon East 1108
DEARBORN TRUCK UNITS
' , Converts a Ford or any make Car tnt aa efficient
Dearborn One or Two-Ton Truck
PRICES S440 TO B60O
Cutler aiaa a teetering Co til East ltta St.
Distributors for Oregon and Southern Washington.
ODOES
fl OREGON
BENEFIT BY WORK OF
,600,000 Dozen Eggs Put in
Cold Storage or Sent East
to Maintain Prices.
The following information regarding
the Petaiuma Poultry producers Is
timely and shows what organisation
properly directed can accomplish:
The association in the first 20 months
of its existence handled 425,629 cases of
eggs worth 84.985,932.50.
It controls 40 per cent of the eggs
marketed in San Francisco.
It is the biggest factor in the egg mar
ket on the Paciflo coast. 4
It stored 1,600,000 dozen eggs during
1918 to prevent a glut on the market
with a consequent lowering In prices be
low coat of oroductlon.
It has organised a department to snip
white eggs to New York by fast steamer
In order to stabilize the Paciflo coast
market.
It has organized another department
to buy feed Cooperatively, it ouys w
wholesale quantities and distributes in
retail ouantlties at wholesale prices.
It owns a seat on the san irancisc
dairy produce exchange.
Finally, for the first time, egg pro
ducers have a voice in fixing the price
of their ears.
Oregon poultrymen would do well to
follow the example of the Petaiuma pro
ducers and then . work In conjunction
with each other for the common benefit
of Pacific coast egg producers.
Poultry
1 notes
The Portland Poultry Pet Stock as
sociation has not yet decided upon thel
date for the annual exhibition. It will
be advisable, however, to commence get
ting birds in condition as probably only
very short notice can be expected If the
show is to be held in January.
Dryden U ins In B. C
A nen of Barred Rocks entered from
the Oregon experiment station by Pro
fessor James Dryden in the British Co
lumbia egg laying contest laid more
eggs than any other pen. Tnese kocxs
were of the same strain which made the
second highest' record for a pen in the
United States at the Pullman. WaJK,
contest. The birds in British Columbia
averaged 200 eggs in It months.
Eras left In a draught, or where the
wind will blow on them, have a tendency
tn rirv flown verv aulckly.
Wajihinir ea-es removes the natural
eoverlnr of the nores of the shell, which
allows the egg to evaporate ana Become
stale.
Newly laid ergs have a bloom, wniie
old ones look smooth and slick.
Eggs mold when kept In a damp piece
tut h flavor deteriorates.
Exposed to the light, eggs quicaiy
lrM nualltv.
The odors of vegetables, meats and
other surroundings will be as quickly
ar.anrr.ad bv eras as by warm miuc
Thm ouailtv of errs is dependent in
a large measure upon the food the hens
eat. s
in nnf hia-h Quality we nave
voile of a. dean yellow color, and a firm
white, neither thin nor watery.
The s-erm of Ufa is the germ of decay.
An infertile egg will decrease In Quality
with age, or through improper nanuung,
but cannot decay. x
and stock offered should be much better
than Vioratof ore.
"There are probably not more man ti
ir cent of the usual number of cock
erels for this time of year available for
breeding purposes the coming season
now in the hands or oreeaera so many
who are depending on late buying will
have to do without.
These to me seem to be the main
reasons why the outlook for 1919 poul
try business is more encouraging than
at any other time in over 20 years in
which I have been handling purebred
Doultrv. I have on hand about 89 of
the best cockerels I have ever raised but
am sold out of cocks, harts and pullets.'
Mr. Dickson has for several years
been manager of the poultry exhibit at
the Spokane interstate fair. His birds
have won many prises. At the last
Interstate fair Mr. Dickson won no less
than IS first and second prizes with
more breeders of birds represented than
In any previous year.
Pure-bred poultry means uniformity of
products. Uniformity of products means
increased profits, if they are properly
marketed. Given the aame care and
feed, pure-bred fowls will make a better
profit than mongrels.
KCCt VOUIt tLKat BUY W. a. a.
! Look !
Do Sometmnn!
POULTRY
ASSOCIATION
To relieve yourselves of the miserable troubles you are
having with tires. We have just changed the tires for
has run his car 80,000 miles ana the filler
t t hit wo mile today.
J , VO KOJTEY r JfLESS TOT AJUS SATISriZD
IpSUniversal Tire Filler Co
Ttk asi Hawtherae Ave.
Phone East 7232.
Check Kept on Cowls
To Find Whether -They
Pay for Board
"Girls are making good as detectives '
among the dairy herds of Oregon.
says B. L. Westover, field dairyman of
the Oregon Agricultural college, who -has
charge of cow testing association
work tn Oregon. . -
"During the month ef October four
girls checked up on 1481 cows to de- '
termine whether or not they were paying
tor tneir reed and keep. One girl dis
covered nine cows In one association
that were not paying their board. They
were weeded out at once and sold for-.
beef.
"The total pounds of milk produced In
October by all cows in associations was
SZ9.39I.7I which contained . 41,195.99
pounds of butter . fat. The average -production
per cow for the month was
411.71 pounds of milk and 10.99 pound
of butter fat. The highest milk produov
ing cow for Oregon during October as
reported by the different associations -was
tn Tillamook county where the cow, -Countess
Sunnybrook De Kol Id, pro
duced 15S9 pounds of milk and 44.95
pounds of fat. The highest fat produo-.
Ing cow waa In the Linn county asso
ciation where a grade Jersey cow
produced 973 pounds of milk and 18.11
pounds of fat.'
"The girls in charge of the different
associations are: Miss Snedeker, Tilla
mook association ; Miss Miller. Nestuoca
association ; Miss Sawyer, Linn county
association, end Miss Blackwell. Smith
and Umpqua association."
FORTY CORDS
WOOD DAILY
Urn
D RAG SAW
ef Peases, ttaefl fe atresias.
Portland Machinery Co.
S rset a. PMM Ueia toy.
Hesse-Martin Iron Works,
480-474 28. Tayles .
Carta, fer. Waeelalaei
Maria Mackuaery. Contractor
aswaun MactOaera:
Aoxrzo coast rxoDtroTS rom
rAoma coast larstrsTxxxs,
Makers of -
Paints and Vaniish
N. E. Cor. 2d and Taylor,
Portland. Oregon
OR0SM VOUR KAODBRLV
FURNACE
Jew. anf we aaa ate ft keet attanrfcea. n
wait entfl tn ol4 of Whrre. We aaak the
etaal SM Meat rim tats, Will aaat Im
J. J. Kadderly
1SJ FIRST ST.
ftuisj laaa,
IMPROVED DRAG SAW
A new Mae tn the shrtah, e taapeHawt as
to annuel Sowble tne ah the aneefain.
Writ foe- aoaBplete aeaprtptioa. See a (a
Marine, Steam, Cat and Oil
Engine Work, .
arei TeHae rear repair t na. flr e tntnei
ejaaeauj, aaw aae ana
Coast Engine &
Machine Works
ta SoooU A - ---
Fans Seat xajto St.
Phase Kara MM. " Peru,
I Portland
Stove Works
UXKCPA CTU RgRS OX
HIGH GBADS
Stoves and Ranges
ASK TOXTB 9ZAXZB
SPECIALTY FOUNDRY &.
MACHINE WORKS
Small Brass aaa Irea Caatrsgs ,
Ceatraet Tferk Solicit ; ,
EL 7th and Belmont . ties
LAYTON
COOPERACS
CO. . ; .
wetftrafeMlkeWIVV '
, and Seal t ;.
NEW AND
2ND HAND:
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. SIT Wale uat
roetlaad. OS. ,
Ar.
Dans-Scott Belting Co.
Oregea. Xaos rare Oak Taaasc
Leather Belting
ltS.11S.UI Vale Arvaae
Tel. Seat SM rerUaaa. Or gas
saRaSES.ftgf.Dr
OVr.aw PORTA.
Lg MOUSCS.
OHIO IN eoOS,
WOODSHIDS.
Snitilea t a
MawaM. Main 11 7
MUlmade Construction Co.
Pendleton Woolen Mills
lBTI4e. Or. '
MANUFACTUREKS OWy
Pore Fleece Wool Blankets
latias Bebts. Steamer Bags, Bath Bests
... aaa Aate Betes.